Is AT&T a wireless spectrum hog?

I really like this quote. I wonder why ATT really screwed this away while others haven't.

This is in spite of the fact that AT&T is today sitting on more spectrum than any other wireless operator in the top 21 markets in the U.S., and about a third of that spectrum is still being unused.

"It's hard to reach the conclusion that the wireless carrier with the most spectrum and best spectrum isn't able to serve its customers with what it already has," said Larry Krevor, a vice president of government affairs for Sprint. "Every carrier has to use its spectrum resources as efficiently as it can."

I just think it's funny, what people having been complaining about for years. ATT was reluctant to admit, until now. Now that they NEED what another carrier has. So much so that it's been brought to light that ATT having the most spectrum has squandered it.

It's straight garbage. AWS spectrum is bastardized mis mash that AT&T only purchased to keep any new competition from buying enough to build a new carrier and to keep T-Mobile from realizing 3G (Pseudo 4G) T-Mobile STILL overspent for the spectrum and once T-Mobile became "For Sale" AT&T did what it has traditionally did...overbid for an asset it simply does not need. Now they are offering lame *Bleep* excuses for why they need T-Mobile's spectrum. Lies. They do not need anything T-Mobile has. They just want to knock another piece (say a bishop) from the board.

If by most you mean AT&T and Verizon Then I would agree. They have both been sitting on AWS which they purchased despite having no intention of ever deploying it. Imagine if there had been a mandate to force whomever purchased that spectrum to begin immediate deployment on it as reportedly Sprint had with its 2.5MHz? Those *Bleep*holes probably still would have purchased it just being *Bleep*blockers to keep anyone else from getting into the game. But at least it wouldn't be sitting in their basements gathering dust.

I wouldn't call that thinking at all. Who are they going to sell it to? Each other? They certainly have shown no inclination to actually use the AWS spectrum for anything. Suddenly, AT&T NEEDS T-Mobile's AWS valuable spectrum at the same time as they are hiding the fact that they have boatloads of AWS already. Stop making excuses. Seriously.